After wasting an hour, I got it done – VS 2010 … VS 2017 (this article helped): In your Deployment Project go to File System Editor Click on “Application Folder” (I assume you have “Primary Output” from your projects there) Right click on “Primary Output” of the project you want to target with your shortcut … Read more
The most important part of the article you linked, is here To add a custom action to the setup project 1.In Solution Explorer, right-click the setup project, point to View, then choose Custom Actions. The Custom Actions editor appears. 2.In the Custom Actions editor, right-click the Custom Actions node and choose Add Custom Action. The … Read more
Short Answer UPDATE: is this your own suite? If so, you may be able to improve your silent running configuration specified in the suite settings to allow each embedded setup to run correctly in silent mode. The switch you are using to install silently is correct, but instead of trying to run the whole suite … Read more